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Plant Cinnamomum sieboldii (Lauraceae)

Common Names
Japanese Cinnamon
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MANGANESE 14 Root Bark not available 220.0 2.11 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Bark not available 1500.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root Bark not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Bark not available 6000.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root Bark not available 7000.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDINS 34 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Bark not available 3.0 -1.57 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Root Bark not available 9.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM 0 Bark not available 80.0 0.96 Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM 0 Root Bark not available 70.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Bark not available 900.0 -0.90 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Root Bark not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Bark not available 30.0 -0.90 Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Root Bark not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Bark not available 40.0 2.61 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Root Bark not available 20.0 0.72 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Memorigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic 1 Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Neuroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Pancreatogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Peroxynitrite-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 5 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Prooxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.